Buy to let landlords may not have noticed but the new European Mortgage Credit Directive is now in force with stricter affordability rules for purchasing homes to rent out. The directive came in to force on March 16, 2016, although many mortgage lenders had operated...

Landlords worried about the impact of changes to tax relief on mortgage interest coming in from next April also need to work out how mortgage rate increases will hit their property businesses. High earners paying income tax at 40% will have their mortgage finance...